The Nitish Kumar government on Thursday carried out a major reshuffle of IPS officers in Bihar. The state government transferred 29 senior officers, including four posted in the state capital Patna.
"While Roushan Kumar, Superintendent of Police (SP), Patna Rural, has been appointed as the new SP of Rohtas district, Bharat Soni, Patna City SP (East) has been made new SP of Nalanda," read a notification issued by the Home Department.
Besides, Chandra Prakash, Patna City SP (Central) has been appointed as SP (Jamui) and Abhinav Dhiman, Patna City SP (West) has been appointed as the new SP of Nawada district, it added.
The department has not yet announced the replacement for the four SPs posted in Patna city.
"Swarna Prabhat has been appointed as the new SP of East Champaran (Motihari), Saurya Suman is the new SP of West Champaran, while Ambreesh Rahul has been shifted to Aurangabad as SP. Vaibhav Sharma is the new SP of Katihar, and Awdesh Dikshit has been appointed as the new SP of Gopalganj district," the notification said.
Besides, Raj is the new SP of Bhojpur and Subham Arya has been appointed as SP of Buxar, it added.